I felt the same until I had one of those challenge peanut things that add straight up capsaicin crystals. It made my tummy feel not so good when I had it on an empty stomach, but I never had the "spice burns twice" effect until I had malatang and I asked them to do a spice level above their written max level.
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Doesn't bother me either. I honestly didn't know spicy food making people shit was a thing. I always thought it was shitty food that caused spicy diarrhea.
Ill have issues with super super spicy peppers or hot sauce. But generally I have to actively seek out something that spicy. Just some ghost pepper hot sauce won't do much to my system even if its spicy going down. Carolina reapers will do it.
Growing my own scorpion peppers this year. Never had a truly fresh one before.
Spicy food never had an effect on my stomach until one day in my late 30's. Now there's a fuzzy threshold where I'm OK, but there's a limit. A whole serving of my favorite bulgogi is always too much.
Same for me. As long as I don't eat it. If I eat it, then hoooo-boy!
Same. Unless there's another thing eaten with it causing intestinal distress (lactose intolerance or especially greasy food), I'm fine.
I have legitimately gassed out my parents house with airborn capsaicin making salsa (also, don't rinse out a cooking pot using steaming hot water, folks!) using some unusually potent habaneros and scorpion peppers. Great way to clear your sinuses, lingered for a couple days though
The other day I had some actually spicy Indian food, followed by two cups of (milk) chai. Delicious, but my lactose intolerance got its revenge
chai doesn't always need milk in it
So like ... Can you keep eating even more spicy food until it does affect your suggestion and then let us know how spicy you had to go?
I've had ghost pepper curry and it still didn't affect my gut despite me being a teary red mess
I think the next step is to eat something even hotter and in larger amounts, if you want to find out. Otherwise just count yourself lucky!
I don't suffer the trots from spicy food. If I make a Thai Curry I will put 5 Thai chillies in it. Could just be what my body is used to, but could also be people who struggle might be combo of not used to spice in their system and not eating a lot of veg or iber then have an Indian lentil meal or something?
- How old are you
- What kind of spice are you talking about?
32
Chili, i love me some hot curries
I guess I'm a spice boss because I can eat whatever I want, with nothing but spicy-ass occasionally.
It's because you don't drink as much as other people. People who chug a ton of of water or whatever after they've eaten something spicy are giving themselves diarrhea.
Sauce: a Taiwanese lady.
Even tabasco turns my arse into a fire dragon after its done burning my mouth, so count your blessings!